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Dead Secret cover art

Dead Secret

Robot Invader · 2016-03-28

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Oct 29, 2015 (Android), Mar 28, 2016 (Mac), TBD (Oculus Rift), Mar 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2018 (PlayStation 4), TBD (PlayStation VR)

Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .

Dead Secret is a 2016 Adventure and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 598 reviews).

1
playing now
81%
positive of 598 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.75★
PlayStation Store rating (179 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery game. It was created by Robot Invader and released on 29 October 2015. The game is set in 1965. The story line revolves around the murder of Harris Bullard.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 598 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.002016-03-282026-07-092016-03-28 — best price $13.492016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-10-28 — best price $7.492016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-01-12 — best price $7.492017-04-10 — best price $14.992017-10-26 — best price $11.242017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-02-08 — best price $5.002018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-07-10 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $7.492020-03-09 — best price $14.992020-04-07 — best price $13.392020-05-11 — best price $14.992020-11-19 — best price $1.002022-11-01 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $6.742024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1212026-06-01 — 4 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1 pageviews2026-06-13 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1 pageviews2026-08-16 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 2 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 5 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 6 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
58.4%
earned "Ending D"
30.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)80837%5
PS4 (PlayStation)23276%5
PS4 (PlayStation)13179%5

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

VRDarkIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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